N. Korea says it sent ultimatum to S. Korea over Mount Kumgang project North Korea sent an ultimatum to South Korea earlier this week that it will unilaterally remove the South-built facilities from its Mount Kumgang resort unless Seoul tears them down on its own, Pyongyang's official news agency reported on Friday.

Polluting factories reluctant to give up land to authorities

Authorities in the capital had planned to move 117 polluting facilities out of the inner city to make space for public schools, parking lots and public spaces.

State Bank warns of NPLs from transport projects The State Bank of Việt Nam has said it would continue to direct credit institutions to strictly control credit in potentially-risky areas such as real estate and securities, especially Build-Operate-Transfer and Build-Transfer transport projects.

Teach children with love, not harsh discipline

An eighth-grade student at the HCM City-based Ngô Quyền Secondary School has recently been disciplined for slandering BTS – a popular K-pop  group, and its fandom on a social networking site.

Digital literacy helps to reduce disparities in universal healthcare

Health literacy can contribute to reducing disparities among different groups of people in accessing universal healthcare services, Professor Dianne Levin-Zamir from Israel's University of Haifa said on Monday (November 11) at an international conference held in HCM City.

Pork cutlet

with Ola Nguyễn, Vietnamese-Polish winner of MasterChef Poland 2018

VN-Index to move flat, large-cap stocks to weaken amid lack of information The index’s struggle was totally normal and any declines in the early days of next week are also expected especially after the benchmark index and VN30 large-caps have made the strongest rallies so far in the year.

PM Phúc receives US Secretary of Commerce PM Phúc and US Commerce Secretary witnessed the signing of several important commercial deals.

Reluctance to act biggest threat to VN's development: PM The greatest challenge to Việt Nam's development was a lack of aspiration to move forward while the biggest threat was reluctance to take action due to fear of responsibility, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday.

Việt Nam, US to enhance infrastructure finance

The Ministry of Finance and the US Department of the Treasury on Wednesday inked a co-operation framework to strengthen infrastructure finance in Việt Nam.